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U.S. banks prepare to seize energy assets as shale boom goes bust

By Administrator_India Capital Sands Major U.S. lenders are preparing to become operators of oil and gas fields across the country for the first time in a generation to avoid losses on loans to energy companies that may go bankrupt. JPMorgan Chase & Co, Wells Fargo & Co, Bank of America Corp and Citigroup Inc are each in the process of setting up independent companies to own oil and gas assets. The banks are also looking to hire executives with relevant expertise to manage them. The banks did not provide comment…

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China’s Wuhan lockdown ends, but local coronavirus cases rise across the country

By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out, Wuhan, ended a two-month lockdown on Wednesday, allowing people to leave the city, if they were healthy, amid concerns of a second wave of infections as cases in mainland China rose. China sealed off the city of 11 million people in late January to stop the spread of the flu-like virus to other parts of the country. Over 50,000 people in Wuhan caught the virus, and more than 2,500 of them died, according to official figures.…

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India’s March gold imports hit 6-1/2-year low on record price

By Admnisitrator_India Capital Sands   India’s gold imports plunged more than 73% year-on-year in March to their lowest in 6-1/2 years as record domestic prices and a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus squeezed retail demand, a government source said on Monday. The world’s second-biggest consumer of the precious metal imported 25 tonnes of gold in March, down from 93.24 tonnes a year ago, the source said, who is not authorized to speak to the media. In value terms, March imports dropped nearly 63% to $1.22 billion, he added.

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U.S. death toll spirals amid rush to build field hospitals, find supplies

By Administrator_India Capital Sands The U.S. government raced on Tuesday to build hundreds of makeshift hospitals near major cities as healthcare systems were pushed to capacity, and sometimes beyond, by the coronavirus pandemic. Even as millions of Americans hunkered down in their homes under strict “stay-at-home” orders, the death toll, as talled by sources, shot up by more than 850 on Tuesday, by far the most for a single day. Nearly half of the new fatalities were in New York state, the epicenter of the pandemic despite closed businesses and…

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End-of-week Gains for Asian Stocks

By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian stock markets were up on the last trading day of the week despite drops in Chinese industrial profits and a huge rise in U.S. jobless claims. China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that industrial profits for January and February dropped 38.3% year on year, compared to a 6.3% drop in December 2019. The steepest drop in a decade was due to lockdowns to curb the spread of COVID-19. Despite the news, China’s Shanghai Composite was up 0.8%, while the Shenzhen Component was up 0.97%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng…

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With latest moves, Fed becomes creditor in chief for U.S. business

By Admininstrator_India Capital Sands In undertaking what will undoubtedly be its largest rescue effort ever, the Federal Reserve on Monday announced programs that represent a never-before-seen intervention by the central bank into the heart of the “real” American economy. Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues, in a desperate gambit to prevent outright economic calamity during the coronavirus pandemic, are on the cusp of redefining the long-established role of the U.S. central bank, extending its “lender of last resort” power from Wall Street to Main Street and City Hall. With many…

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Asian Markets Fall as COVID-19 Uncertainty Increases

By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian markets took sharp tumbles across the board Monday morning as the number of COVID-19 cases rose sharply around the world over the weekend. Globally, there are now 294,110 confirmed cases and 12,944 deaths as of March 22 according to the World Health Organisation. The S&P/ASX 200 led losses with a tumble of 7.34%. China’s Shanghai Composite lost 2.84% while the Shenzhen Component was down by 2.82%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was down by 4.99%. Elsewhere, South Korea’s KOSPI is down by 5.30%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 was the sole bright spot as it gained 0.22% after…

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Putin Won’t Submit to What Is Seen as Saudi Oil-Price Blackmail

By Ritu, Capital Sands Russian President Vladimir Putin will refuse to submit to what the Kremlin sees as oil blackmail from Saudi Arabia, signaling the price war that’s roiling global energy markets will continue. The unprecedented clash between the two giant exporters — and former OPEC+ allies — threatens to push the price of a barrel below $20, but the Kremlin won’t be the first to blink and seek a truce, said people familiar with the government’s position. Putin’s government has spent years building reserves for this kind of crisis.…

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China asks airlines to cut international flights, redirects some due to virus

By Administrator_India Capital Sands China’s aviation regulator has asked airlines to cut international flights and ordered some Beijing ones to be rerouted, as the country grapples with a rising number of imported coronavirus cases, especially in the capital. The regulator said in a statement on Thursday some international flights of Chinese carriers scheduled to arrive in Beijing in the coming days would be diverted to other airports, including Air China flights from Moscow and Paris that will now arrive in Tianjin. An Air China flight from Tokyo will be diverted on the…

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World leaders rush in to shore up panic-hit global financial system

By Ritu, Capital Sands World leaders raced to shore up panic-stricken global markets on Thursday, pouring liquidity into the financial system as investors everywhere dumped assets, switching to dollars in cash amid the escalating coronavirus pandemic. Policymakers in the United States, Europe and Asia resorted to emergency action as the pandemic left their economies virtually comatose, with quarantined consumers, broken supply chains, paralysed transportation and depleted shops. There were almost 219,000 cases of coronavirus reported globally, including over 8,900 deaths linked to the virus. Over 20,000 of those cases were…

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